Billiard characterization of spheres

DOI10.1007/S00208-019-01831-6MaRDI QIDQ2314797zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Misha Bialy

Publication date 30 July 2019

Published in Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.07712

zbMATH Keywords

convex bodiesbilliards

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattices and convex bodies in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C07) Dynamical systems with singularities (billiards, etc.) (37C83) Relations of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems with topology, geometry and differential geometry (symplectic geometry, Poisson geometry, etc.) (37J39)

Abstract: In this note we study the higher dimensional convex billiards satisfying the so-called Gutkin property. A convex hypersurface $S$ satisfies this property if any chord $[p,q]$ which forms angle $delta$ with the tangent hyperplane at $p$ has the same angle $delta$ with the tangent hyperplane at $q$. Our main result is that the only convex hypersurface with this property in $mathbf{R}^d,dgeq3$ is a round sphere. This extends previous results on Gutkin billiards obtained in cite{B0}.

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